Do you know about tarot? The Death card!?

I read the tarot to a point, and know that of course Death isn't normally interpreted as a literal death, but rather just any ending. The metaphor of death is ogous to the permanence or thoroughness of the change, and the dissolution of a previous form. However, there is a "wives's tale" about death appearing in a spread with the card of the Devil. The Devil is a symbol of ill health and death within the ego and spirit. It would generally reflect some sort of , such as being changed to a system of beliefs, being unable to grow beyond a primal emotion or any general destructive behavior, hence the "soul-destroying" imagery. When the two cards I've mentioned are combined, I have heard that it is approached as an omen of a real death. I wanted to know if any of you had heard of this, or of anything similar or even to the contrary. Anything you have at all to add would be very helpful.